Beginning in November 2016, SIM National began holding monthly conference calls to help educate our members on various topics related to networking, job search, and moving your career forward. This program is now known as SIM CGN: Career Growth & Networking Education. These calls are directed to all our members who wish to learn more about growing their careers and how to better network, and is especially helpful to our members-in-transition.

For the October event, please join us on Tuesday, 10/24 at 12 PM EST for a call led by Bryant McBride entitled “Technology Talent from a Serial Entrepreneurs Point-Of-View”

Bryant is a seven-time successful serial entrepreneur. Six of the companies he has started have been technology based. Yet, Bryant is not what you would traditionally call a "Tech Person".

With such a proven track record of being so repeatedly successful, how has Bryant partnered with and then further hired the IT talent he needed (CTOs, CIOs, CISOs, Developers, IT Directors, etc., etc.), to create so many valuable companies based around new technologies? During this unique and casual conference call, Bryant will give us insight into what he looks for when seeking out a solution to a problem that creates a new business, the technology talent he needs to build that business, and the partners he works with.

I will further add as the moderator/founder of the SIM:CGN calls. I am very excited about having Bryant talk to all of us. I have known Bryant for over 19 years and he is a very close and personal friend. I will guarantee a very no-holds-barred session unlike those you have experienced in the past. It will be fun and informative! - Mitchell Schneider

About Bryant:

Bryant McBride is a "Serial Entrepreneur". Currently he is co-founder and CEO of Burst. The technology Burst offers is currently being rolled out by Broadcast Networks to 76% of all U.S. households.

Bryant has over 25 years of experience as an executive, entrepreneur and investor. In the past 15 years, he has focused on building and nurturing technology businesses where family and sports have been strategic growth drivers.

Bryant's past entrepreneurial activities have resulted in the creation, growth and profitable sale of multiple companies including myteam.com, Vision Sports and Entertainment Partners, Football Scouts Inc. and Sports Technologies Inc. Bryant has also built growth initiatives with Fortune 500 companies and leading consumer brands including M&M Mars, Subway, Dunkin Donuts, Kraft Foods, Sunkist, Sam's Club/Walmart, Bank of America, Choice Hotels, and United Technologies. Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Bryant was the VP of Business Development for the National Hockey League, where he led the evaluation and creation of new businesses, including international broadcasting, rink development and multiple grassroots fan base building initiatives.

Bryant was elected the first African American class president at West Point where he served as a Cadet from 1984- 86. He graduated from Trinity College in Connecticut where he also became the first African American to be elected class president and was voted an All-American defenseman for Trinity's Championship hockey team. In 1990, Bryant obtained a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Bryant serves on the boards of directors of the New York City Track and Field Armory and the New York Road Runners Club - the largest running club in the world and organizers of the New York City Marathon. He also serves as Chairman of USA Fitness Corps, an initiative that selects returning veterans to serve as Fitness Corps Leaders in US Cities with a prevalence of childhood obesity. In his spare time, Bryant is a youth hockey coach to his three children and he has started and completed 26 marathons.

In order to ask questions during the meeting, please use the URL above and send messages via the Zoom Conference Chat feature. If you would like to email your questions in advance, please send them to Mitchell Schneider.

Please note: the series call-in number is different from the normal weekly MIT networking calls number. The Tuesday MIT call will continue normally on the weeks that do not have a series call. Also note that the Thursday8 AM Eastern MIT call continues as scheduled, and continues to be well attended by both helpers and members-in-transition or members considering transition. All SIM members can benefit greatly by joining these calls!